The Author's POV

Chapter 252

'”WHIIIIII! '”WHIIIIII!

The tumultuous sound of the sires rang inside of the dome. The whole facility turned red as emergency messages repeatedly echoed across the place.

[Please evacuate the premise] [Please evacuate the premise] [Please evacuate the premise]

"Crap!"

Ignoring the sirens and staring at the metal disc in Ren's hands that was shaking uncontrollably, Kevin's eyes interlocked with Ren's.

"Let's leave."

Dropping the disc on the ground, Ren took a couple of steps back.

"Wait what about them? Are we leaving without them?"

Kevin pointed towards the eight individuals on the ground.

"Yes. Leave them."

Ren coldly replied.

"But they are children"

"..."

Turning around, Ren completely ignored Kevin.

"Hey Ren, where are you going?" Kevin shouted. "Think about it, they could've been blackmailed by the Monolith to do their bidding. What if they are innocent"

Ren's footsteps halted.

Turning around, he coldly looked at Kevin.

"...They are not worth it."

"Bu'”"

Before Kevin could reply, Ren had already left.

Though vague, the meaning behind Ren's words was clear; let them die in the explosion

It was a cruel thing to say, but he was not wrong. With the impending explosion, trying to save the lives of others might result in his own death. Furthermore, these people were the ones that started everything. Regardless of the fact that they might've been blackmailed or not, they were the ones that caused everything. Trying to save them at the expense of his own personal safety was not worth it.

"...ah."

A small sound escaped from Kevin's lips.

Biting his lower lips, Kevin he lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly. He knew that Ren was right, but a part of him really wanted to save them.

"I'm sorry."

Eventually, Kevin came up with a decision. Closing his eyes he turned around. He knew that Ren was right.

Had the circumstances been different, he would've helped them. But now that his life was on the line, he needed to worry about himself instead of the others.

However.

Right as he was about to leave, an enchanting voice reached his ears.

"What's going on here?"

Kevin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Miss Longbern, Miss Jefrrey!"

"Kevin, what is going on here?"

Landing softly on the ground, Donna looked at Kevin. Besides Donna was Monica.

"Over there."

Kevin pointed at the disc in the disc the distance.

"Miss, can you do anything about this?"

"'”'”!"

Gazing towards the direction Kevin was pointing at, Donna's brows jumped up slightly. Feeling the fluctuations coming from the disc, Donna was taken aback. Her whole demenour changed completely.

"Monica."

"I know. Give me a second."

Having already spotted the disc beforehand, Monica solemnly nodded her head. Slowly walking towards the disc, Monica waved her hand over the disc. An orange hue enveloped the disc.

Kracka. Kracka. Kracka.

Levitating in front of Monica, black lightning crackled around the disc.

Closing her eyes, Monica tried her best to suppress the impending explosion. To her dismay, however, she couldn't suppress the device. Gravely looking at Donna, she shook her head.

can't do anything about this. It's too

can't do anything about

Donna's brows knit tightly.

five minutes at most before the device explodes.

to run

only an ranked hero

understood this point, so the only thing they could do was get as many people out

"Understood."

head. The best possible solution was to get as many students to evacuate the premises and call all the ranked heroes present in the academy to create a shield around the dome to protect the surroundings from the

then would they

as far away from

Kevin,

"Yes."

advice, Kevin turned around and

help the students

"Yes."

her spot. Turning around, and looking in the direction where Kevin and Ren had run

eight students disappeared

***

"Shut down the broadcast!"

the same time, inside of a fairly large room that was

"W-we can't!"

flustered voice replied

you

powerful voice shot

orders from the higher-ups to shut down the whole

can't! The controls aren't functioning

Ta. Repeatedly pressing on the keyboard in front of him, a young man shot

me take a

young man to the side, a middle-aged man with a greyish beard leaned forward and pressed on a

broadcast. Staring at the monitors in front of him depicting panicked students running away from the dome whilst professors helping the paralyzed one, it didn't take a genius to understand what was going

terribly wrong had

[Error] [Error] [Error]

"What the..?"

on the screen, the middle-aged man's brows shot up. Turning his

for

"Sir we've lost control!"

The control panel

back. Every single camera had been

"Damn it!"

middle-aged man smacked his hand on the

hell

***

"Ahhhhh!"

pained scream rang in the

of pain engulfed my entire body. Especially

"Haaa...haaa..."

took deep breaths. Taking out two potions from my dimensional space, I unscrewed the cap

"khhaa'”"

my wounds started to heal. My mana which had depleted to the bottom was also

"Ghh..."

teeth, I forced

an explosion about to occur any minute now, the professors were now busy trying to get as many

compared to the thousands of competitors, there were

of those casualties, activating drifting steps,

a race against

***

a kilometer away from

"Coff...coff..."

against a tree. With his arm on his shoulder, he gritted

"Bastard!"

not too long

emotionless eyes that treated him as though

"How dare you!"

He shouted.

without finishing him off when he

Jin to Kevin and to now Ren. Aaron suffered loss, after loss, after loss. His fists clenched

front of the whole world. He had become the butt of all jokes. The o' so

it! I can't accept

his fist against a

'”WHIIIIII! '”WHIIIIII!

Aaron knew that he needed to get out fast. He could feel the fluctuations coming from the distance. Within half a minute, everything

"...hm?"

Aaron's feet suddenly stopped.

Aaron suddenly spotted a familiar figure. At

But.

idea suddenly struck him as a wicked smile replaced

blame me for this...I'm

body, Aaron's eyes locked themselves

"Thanks."

before disappearing from his

***

"I'm almost there."

at the doors in the distance, gritting my teeth and summoning every last bit of mana I had, I increased my pace. Because I was low on mana, my speed was not that great. But

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